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This website shows the rubric used to grade SAT tests. It does not discuss contractions anywhere. So I believe that as long as you use a style that fits the criteria described by the rubric, whethe...
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[This website shows the rubric used to grade SAT tests.](https://collegereadiness.collegeboard.org/sat/scores/understanding-scores/essay) It does not discuss contractions anywhere. So I believe that as long as you use a style that fits the criteria described by the rubric, whether to use contractions is a stylistic choice you can make for yourself.